The Greek Freak is taking his abilities to South Seashore.
The Bucks traded Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Warmth in a blockbuster commerce late Monday evening, in keeping with ESPN, ending hours of hypothesis with Miami and the Celtics rising because the finalists.
The Bucks additionally despatched Bobby Portis to Miami in alternate for Tyler Herro, Kel’el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kasparas Jakucionis, three first-round picks, one second-round decide and one decide swap, in keeping with ESPN.
It has been lengthy speculated that Antetokounmpo’s time in Milwaukee was coming to the top, with drama between each events occurring all through the 2025-26 NBA season.
Regardless of it trying just like the Bucks had been going to maneuver on from the 10-time All-Star forward of the commerce deadline, however had been in the end unsuccessful in participating in commerce talks in February.
Antetokounmpo reportedly first expressed needed to be traded final Could, which then prompted Milwaukee to offer huge man Myles Turner a $108.7 million deal in an try and construct a contending workforce for this previous season.
Issues didn’t work out, nevertheless, with the Bucks ending with a 32-50 document and their first yr lacking the postseason in a decade.
Antetokounmpo performed simply 36 video games final yr, averaging 27.6 factors, 9.8 rebounds, and 5.4 assists whereas being sidelined with knee issues for a majority of the season.
His damage was additionally a supply of concern for the NBA, with the league investigating the Bucks allegedly violating the “participant participation coverage and potential inconsistent statements.”
Regardless of Antetokounmpo claiming that he was able to play once more, the Bucks refused to medically clear the two-time MVP.
“For any individual to come back and inform me to not play or to not compete it’s like a slap in my face. So, I don’t know the place the connection goes from there,” he informed reporters in April.
“I’ve by no means seen a case of a participant saying, my caliber of participant, that’s like, I’m saying it publicly, I wish to f–king play. You realize what I’m saying?” he added. “I don’t suppose I’ve seen this. So, if there must be an investigation, nice.
“There needs to be. I don’t know. There needs to be. Till we determine one thing out.”
